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Another Client Blog
24 May 2008, 10:21 AM
Lisa,
Don, and "The Little One" are dutifully plying their
talent, resources, brains and brawn toward the
revitalization of an old house in Fayetteville. This
house has been a multi-family apartment for as long
as anyone can remember and the neighbors are thrilled
to have it return to single-family. Follow their
heroic saga at their project blog,
NunkProTunk.
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Temple Story
19 May 2008, 04:04 PM
Since October of '06, we've had the privilege to work with the Temple Shalom of NWA on the design of their new Temple. This project has tremendous significance for Fayetteville. It is the first dedicated home of this Jewish Congregation that has been around Northwest Arkansas for 30 years. It expands the diversity of our community. It has also catalyzed a unique reaction among many faiths.
This project has brought together some unexpected alliances. Fadil Bayyari is a respected general contractor from Springdale, Arkansas. He's also a Muslim man of Palestinian heritage. After a disappointing attempt by the Temple Shalom to buy a house to convert to their worship space, Mr. Bayyari offered his assistance to the Temple if they ever needed help with construction. The congregation accepted the offer and began a search for land. Parkco came into the picture about a year later when we were hired to provide architectural services.
This has been a fascinating project for us. We've learned a tremendous amount about Judaism and Judaic architectural history. More importantly, we've learned about faith, good faith, and humor.
The following links tell the story of the project. You'll recognize some noteworthy publications. This project has broad national interest.
The Bungalow Blog
07 December 2007, 01:37 AM
We've finally lucked into having a client willing to document the experience of the design and construction process. Not only that, these folks are blogging the whole show. Follow the Williams as they navigate their way through the discovery, negotiation, purchase, design, demolition, construction and completion of a 1925 classic bungalow. We've had a great time working with them. They have terrific intuition about the project and their creative approach to getting things done has been great fun to watch. I'll continue to post about this project, so check their progress here as well as their site.